Device for preserving seed-corn



M. F. SMITH. Device for Preserving Seed Corn.

No. 229,015. Patented June 22,1880.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAHLON F. SMITH, OF MONTIOELLO, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR PRESERVING SEED-CORN.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,015, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed March 1, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, MAHLON F. SMITH, of Monticello, in the countyof White and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding and Preserving Oorn selected for Seed, whereby it shall be kept safely from rats and mice, and at the same time have an opportunity for becoming thoroughly dry; and I do hereby debutt-end of the ear of corn, and attached by the hook to a wire or cord with hooks or loops on the ends, suspended from a beam, rafter, or joist, is inaccessible to rats and mice, and

permits a free circulation of air around each ear, whereby the corn is thoroughly dried and 25 preserved for the use intended.

The accompanying drawing represents my invention.

a represents the spiral cone, with a hook at one end and point at the other, in combination 0 with the rod or cord 11, with hooks or loops at its ends, and attached to the support 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I The spiral cone g, with hook atone end and 3 5 point at the other, in combination with the rod or cord 1), with hooks or loops at the ends, suspended from the support 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 40 have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of December, A. D. 1879.

M MAHLON F. SMITH.

Attest: ELISHA WARDEN, J ONES BRESSLEY. 

